Previews for Maidens, Mothers and Crones went very well! We got some useful feedback from the preview audiences, and the show is really coming together beautifully. Lots of laughs, and a good amount of eye-wiping at just the right times! Director, playwright, cast and crew are all doing tremendous work, and the audiences have been very appreciative of it. Word of mouth is selling tickets nicely, we’re all hoping that continues!

More detailed info about the weekend of shows, and the upcoming week, at the Williamston Theatre Rehearsal Blog: rehearsalblog

Also, we had a round of General Auditions last night for our upcoming season, and I’m really happy with the amount and quality of folks coming out. Sometimes it shocks me when audience members ask me “Now where do you get your actors from?” because so many of them expect theatres in this state to be shipping in actors from the “Big Name” towns: New York, L.A., etc… I love the please/impressed/surprised reaction you get from folks unfamiliar to the theatre when they find out that most of the great talent onstage here in Michigan actually comes from Michiganians (Michiganders? You pick…).

Mother’s Day was good – but I didn’t get to spend nearly as much time with my wife and kids as I would’ve liked. Again, juggling life as Dad The Artistic Director: We had a wonderful family morning, and then I had to head to work for the preview, and stayed late for the auditions. We had a nice breakfast out, though – Jeanne picked a little place near us and we went and had coffee and hot chocolate, little quiche and egg things, and some nice pastries! (Usually we give her breakfast in bed, but my son was invited to spend the night at a friend’s house on Saturday, so we decided to get up Sunday morning and pick him up and eat out!)

So, a nice weekend!